Renowned Nigerian singer, Ọlawale Ọlọfọrọ, known on stage as Brymo, says what Burna Boy did is a crime and should serve jail term, accusing the popular Grammy awards winning musician of intellectual property theft.
The ‘Ara’ crooner alleged that Burna Boy’s ‘City Boys’ and ‘I Told Them’ sampled the album title track of his upcoming album, ‘Macabre.’
Burna Boy committed a crime for stealing my songs and should serve jail term — Brymo
He said what Burna Boy did was a “crime” and should serve a jail term.
On his Instagram handle, Brymo wrote; “By end of this year y’all will recollect that ‘Macabre’ wasn’t released when in the public, and as privately as it gets..city boy’.. and ‘I Told You’ were fed to Burna Boy..
“Former of the track titles I mentioned above is there to point me to the fact that the latter, and his album title is the hook I sing on my album title track ‘Macabre’.. burna na really boy.. and that’s a crime.!! An actual crime…To do time for… and if una like make una resurrect legends to come complain about stolen songs… una go regret this shit to numerous degrees… shey una no dey hear word !!.”
Burna Boy is yet to comment or react to the allegation.